Re: NT Authentication

From: Tim Taylor <ttaylor_at_us.oracle.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:35:18 -0400
Message-ID: <35B74A26.1C85044A@us.oracle.com>

George,

You can use OS authentication with Unix too. You need to set OS_AUTHENT_PREFIX paramter in your init.ora and use the 'create user <username> identified externally' syntax.

However, it is only useful if your clients are actually logging into the Unix box from, say, a telnet session. If you have a Windows client, such as a Forms program, OS authentication isn't going to to you much good.

You can integrate Oracle log-ins with Kerberos, NDS or DCE if you're really looking for a single sign on environment.

Tim Taylor
Oracle Federal
Bethesda, MD

glambert_at_my-dejanews.com wrote:

> My documentation states that NT Authentication can be used to connect to
> Oracle running on an NT Server. Does any know if this also applies to Oracle
> running under Unix? (or do I have to use Oracle database security explicitly)
>
> Thanks,
> George
>
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